After this year's cold winter, I made the mistake of assuming the slow "build up" of my one and only colony was because of the bad weather, it seems I'd lost a queen.

It would have really helped to have known someone local keeping bees to be able to see what their bees were up to. I've tried the various bee associations around this area, to see if they can put me in touch with someone, but nothing materialised.

So, I thought I'd give this forum a go.